Energy costs for Harvard's school buildings have plummeted by about 23 percent over the past four years, according to a report from the Harvard Energy Advisory Committee.

The Devens Economic Analysis Team is reporting that an ownership model for redeveloped housing units at Vicksburg Square in Devens could net more in property taxes than the rental plan proposed by developer Trinity Financial.

The Bromfield School is the only public high school in the state at which all tenth-graders have passed the MCAS for two years in a row, according to Superintendent Joe Connelly.

The Conservation Commission has approved a plan to fight an invasive species of plant in Harvard with its Europe-derived natural predators.

The same week the Red Sox hit bottom, Harvard knocked one out of the park. In he bottom of the ninth residents pushed the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's Solarize Mass/Harvard pilot project total over 300 kilowatts into the Tier IV pricing of $4 per watt.

A week from Monday, the long-anticipated construction of an expanded sewer system for the center of town will finally begin, town officials say.

Despite two recent setbacks, a multi-town agreement to move the handling of 911 calls from Harvard to a new regional center at Devens is still on track, Town Administrator Tim Bragan told Selectmen this week.

Planning Board member Michelle Catalina is predicting that 64 percent of the housing units in Devens, once development is complete, could qualify as affordable housing.

Town officials have a "cautious optimism" about the budget for the next fiscal year, asking departments, boards, and committees to prepare level service budget requests rather than the completely level-funded budgets asked for in the past few years.